• IOTA Heroes, a game built exclusively for the IOTA ecosystem, is launching on IOTA EVM on the 4th of September 2024 at 20:00 CEST.
• New features include a Hatchery, the option to end adventures early, faster routing and navigation, and inventory item filters.

IOTA Heroes, an exciting game that allows users to fight, conquer, and earn, will launch in the IOTA EVM later this week.

The game launches on the 4th of September 2024 at 20:00 CEST, the developers revealed on X.

HERE WE GO!
We are unleashing your heroes onto #IOTA EVM this Wednesday, September 4th, at 8 PM CEST!

Dive into our latest blog post to explore the exciting new features and updates coming with this release. https://t.co/fBicNbyV29

A lot of fun awaits in Fortuvia!️…

— IOTA Heroes✨ (@IotaHeroes) September 1, 2024

The IOTA EVM is the first fully EVM-compatible smart contract chain on the IOTA network, enabling fast, secure, and scalable smart contracts. As we’ve reported, the EVM has thrived since its launch and has been pushing the boundaries of DeFi, decentralized trading, sustainability, and more.

As the IOTA Heroes team revealed in an accompanying blog post, it has been working to prepare the game for a token migration, which is no mean feat given how vast the number of tokens they manage is. The team benefitted from the IOTA Grants, being one of the first projects to receive one to fund the migration.

IOTA Heroes is doing all the heavy lifting for the token holders.

We’ll ensure that all your heroes, items, and gold are airdropped directly to your address. Additionally, we’ve prepared scripts to automatically set up all your facilities and hero skills that you’ve developed on ShimmerEVM. Everything will be ready and waiting for you when you first log in to the game!

IOTA Heroes on IOTA EVM

The migration comes with a raft of changes. For starters, the team has updated the battle visualizer, allowing users to access more information on the combat scenes. More updates are expected in the near future.

Other changes include the long-overdue introduction of the Hatchery, where users can now crack their eggs for some exciting possibilities. The game has previously limited users to reforging only five items at a time, but with the new update, users can reforge any multiple of five (10, 15, 100) as long as they have enough charcoal to power the process.

The update also gives users more options as they play IOTA Heroes. For one, you can choose to end an adventure early; say, for instance, that your adventures were set to end in an hour or two, and you want to end them earlier and get on with other things—well, you can choose to end it by spending some of your gold. Others might choose to end the adventure to preserve some of the in-game items they have acquired, especially if they value them higher than gold. Of course, you must engage in an adventure at least five minutes before you get the option to call it quits.

On the back end, the IOTA Heroes team has refined its smart contracts to make the experience smoother. It has also switched to SvelteKit, a framework for deploying web apps using Svelte, which will translate into smoother routing and faster navigation.